Adam Chandler
Technical Services Automation and User Experience Strategist
Cornell University
@alc28
Electronic Resources & Libraries 2015
Austin, Texas
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My litmus test: User interface intended for library patrons
datos.bne.es
Our literature is filled with repetitive, elementary what is linked data? what is a triple? articles that do little to move the profession forward.
“The evaluation consisted of a survey and a focus group, with 10 participants including PhD students and MA students studying history, politics and social sciences.”
http://linkinglives.archiveshub.ac.uk/2012/11/15/linking-lives-evaluation-report/
“This is a very fundamental and broad issue around the integrity, accuracy and trustworthiness of resources, and the Linked Data approach does require us to think more carefully about the issues here, because of the intention to bring sources together.”
“Participants wanted to know about the choices underlying Linking Lives: why is the data chosen? what gets left out?”
“If Linking Lives includes a list of works by a person, can the researcher trust that the list is complete? If not then its utility is significantly diminished.”
“The participants generally felt that something like Linking Lives would be more appropriate for undergraduates, or useful for teaching, but it would not enable the more sophisticated searching that PhD students might want to carry out”
“In the end, there is still a challenge for Linked Data to make a sound business case and really showcase the end-user benefits.”
“Maybe we’ve reached the point in the Linked Data story where we need to focus more strongly on how it will answer the requirements of researchers.”